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$ORACLE_HOME on UNIX and ORACLE_HOME on Windows platforms

In this Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)-compliant release, all subdirectories are no longer under a top level ORACLE_HOME directory. There can be an ORACLE_BASE directory, which may contain multiple Oracle home directories.

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{ }

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